The Invention of Women by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí - 5 Video Essays
We covered this paradigm-shifting book in early 2023. In short, this book is a critique of Western Thought, but particularly western conceptions of gender and feminism.

For Oyěwùmí, gender is a Western concept which has been imposed upon the rest of the World. This has caused particular violence where African society is considered to be innately patriarchal and misogynistic, when in fact, according to Oyěwùmí, the western ontological construct of gender simply didn't exist in Yoruba society prior to conquest and colonisation. Here are all the live streams going through chapter by chapter.
"The Invention of Women" Chapter 1 - Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí #WeAreReading Ep6
Watch now (114 mins) | Every Saturday, #WeAreReading. Please Like, click Notify Me, and share! This week in episode 6, we are reading 'The Invention of Women" written by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, chapter 1: "Visualizing the Body: Western Theories and African Subjects."
The Invention of Women Chapter 2 - Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí #WeAreReading Ep7
Watch now (127 mins) | Every Saturday, #WeAreReading. Please Like, click Notify Me, and share! This week in episode 6, we are reading 'The Invention of Women" written by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, Chapter 2: "(Re)constituting the Cosmology and Sociocultural Institutions."
The Invention of Women Chapter 3 - Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí #WeAreReading Ep8
Watch now (100 mins) | Every Saturday, #WeAreReading. Please Like, click Notify Me, and share! This week in episode 8, we are reading 'The Invention of Women" written by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, Chapter 3: "Making History, Creating Gender: The Invention of Men and Kings in the writing of Oyo Oral Tradition.
The Invention of Women Chapter 4 - Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí #WeAreReading Ep9
Watch now (115 mins) | Every Saturday, #WeAreReading. Please Like, click Notify Me, and share! This week in episode 9, we are reading 'The Invention of Women" written by Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí, Chapter 4: "Colonizing Bodies and Minds: Gender and Colonialism."
The Invention of Women Finale & Summary - Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí #WeAreReading Ep10
Watch now (99 mins) | Every week #WeAreReading. This week we covered the last chapter 5 - "The Translation of Cultures: Engendering Yoruba Language, Orature and Worldsense" and reflected on the book as a whole.